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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Inquiring minds want to know! What is the back(side) story for those last, fleshy cupcakes?? And what was the conversation like when they were ordered? GE Lightbulb Convention organizer, "I want twelve dozen cupcakes that look like a place where the sun does't shine."

I love all your posts, they help me start my day with laughter. I also know that like me, you care about proper grammar and such (although lately I have been seeing more errors in your posts 0.o). To this end I wish to impart a bit of knowledge - The phrase is "Aux (sounds like oh, sort of means the) contraire (you got that right) mon frère (my brother)" In French it rhymes, translated it's more like "On the contrary my brother". Thought you'd like to know.

Those puckered babies at the end were the most disturbing to me. The rest I could see as being one of three possibilities: People who think they are artistic trying to make cute cupcakes and failing, oddball commissions or inadvertently obscene things created by people with cleaner minds than ours.

I have something to say about the last grouping of cupcakes, but it may be construed as political (because it's political) and I don't want to annoy people any more than I usually do, but if I were to post it, it would contain the word Cabinet. Hell to the naw naw, indeed.

Tobacco cupcakes, as gross as they sound, are real! The Coffee Shop at Agritopia here in Gilbert AZ offers a Coffee and Cigarettes cupcake made with real tobacco and topped with a fondant cigarette. The girls who make it are sisters who won an episode of Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" making these cupcakes (and some more edible ones, too)!

From https://www.lawlessfrench.com/expressions/au-contraire/: Au contraire has the same meaning in English [as in French], though it tends to be used ironically. It's often playfully turned into 'au contraire, mon frère'—lieterally, "on the contrary, my brother." Note that you should never say this in French unless you're actually talking to your brother.

Joelle, I'm pretty sure "Oh contraire montraire" was intentional, unlike most of the spelling and grammar errors that the wreckerators make. I tried to find a reference to a movie or something geeky, but couldn't find one.

Believe it or not, I think those last cupcakes are the unfortunate result of putting large marshmallows on top and then baking. The center may be where they were originally speared (I know that doesn't make it sound any better).. sigh

I recently saw a news report where people were giving memorial services in the frozen food section of the grocery store for our turkey "brothers". What the heck?! I don't see anyone picketing or doing services for those poor little clowns an' reindeerses, an TMNTs! I demand some answers!Those severed heads are just calling out for compassion!

Thank you for this post Jen - it made me laugh out loud several times! I think the comments were even better. Special thanks to Adrian, GhostWithInternetAccess, Jus (!!!!!), and Martin. You all made me laugh so hard I cried, and I needed it after this long week!